1st » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th List of Sultans of Brunei called Sultan of Brunei.
2nd » An 1968 Casiguran earthquake e.g earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
11th » The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
13th » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greece called Greek Greek military junta of 1967–1974 called dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
21st » Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet Union called Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanians named Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
21st » James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American United States Marine Corps called U.S. Marine.
22nd » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
28th » Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention known as Democratic National Convention.
31st » Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1968
1st » Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
1st » Dan Donegan, American guitarist (Disturbed (band) Disturbed, Fight or Flight (band) Fight or Flight, and Vandal (band) Vandal)
1st » Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
2nd » John Stanier (drummer) John Stanier, American drummer (Helmet (band) Helmet, Tomahawk (band) Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain (band) The Mark of Cain, and Battles (band) Battles)
3rd » Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)